Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) has edged out a slight lead over former Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt in the Nevada Senate race, giving the incumbent her first lead in a major poll since late August.
About 46% of likely voters said they plan to vote for Cortez Masto compared to 44% who said they’d back Laxalt, giving the Democrat a 2-point lead, according to a USA Today-Suffolk University poll. The tight lead is within the poll’s margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.
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The most recent numbers mark the first time Cortez Masto has topped Laxalt in the polls since mid-August, when the Democratic incumbent held just a 1-point lead, according to RealClearPolitics.
The race has emerged as a high-profile contest since Republicans view it as a possible opportunity to flip a Senate seat in their favor as they seek to gain control of the upper chamber in November.
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Republicans only need to flip one Senate seat and defend all current GOP-held seats in order to gain a majority in the upper chamber.
The updated polling comes after reports last week showing Cortez Masto trailing Laxalt in the polls by 2 percentage points, according to a Nevada Independent-OH Predictive Insights.
